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Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 2 Researched & compiled by Don Kindell, all rights reserved 1st - 31st DECEMBER 1939 -  in date, ship/unit & name order Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

Heavy damage received by HMS Exeter in Battle of the River Plate, 13 December  1939 (Navy Photos/Paul SImpson and Ian Mort, click to enlarge) on to January 1940

Notes: (1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, O/P – on passage), Fate (2) Click for abbreviations (3) Click for lists by Name in the Casualties Homepage (4) Background loss/damage/action information may be found in Ship Histories, Navies Day-by-Day and War Diaries. You can also go to Naval History Homepage and type the ship name in Site Search.

Background Events - September 1939-March 1940 Battle of Atlantic starts, 'Phoney War' on land, Battle of River Plate       Friday, 1 December 1939   Chitral, armed merchant cruiser  SHORT, John C, Chief Petty Officer Stoker, T.124, drowned     Saturday, 2 December 1939   Hermes, aircraft carrier  SHELDON, Herbert, Able Seaman, D/J 25336, died   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  DOWNS, John A O, Chief Petty Officer, C/ 218378, died   Royal Arthur, RN Training Establishment, Skegness, Lincs  MASON, Sidney, Ordinary Seaman, JX 169146, died   Vendetta (RAN), destroyer  BETON, Henry E, Able Seaman, RAN, 13383, illness     Sunday, 3 December 1939   Cheshire, armed merchant cruiser  MACIVER, William J, Seaman, RNR, D/X 19283 A, died   James Ludford, Admiralty trawler  GILMOUR, William A, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 19248 A, died     Monday, 4 December 1939   Boadicea, destroyer  DAVIS, Ernest F, Able Seaman, C/JX 134079, accident, died   Delhi, light cruiser  LEITH, Horace W, Mechanician, C/K 21046, died   Zaza, auxiliary patrol yacht  JENKINS, Norman G, Sub Lieutenant, RNR, died     Tuesday, 5 December 1939   Escapade, destroyer  BENNETT, William J, Able Seaman, D/J 13085, drowned  CAVES, Robert, Stoker 2c, D/KX 97125, drowned     Wednesday, 6 December 1939   Washington, minesweeping trawler, ship loss  CASEY, Frederick H, 3rd Hand, NAP, (aka F H Kaiser), MPK  COLBY, Henry E, Cook, NAP, MPK  CRAIG, William H S, 2nd Hand, NAP, MPK  GREATWOOD, Harold V, 2nd Engineman, NAP, MPK  JENNISON, Joseph A, Skipper, RNR, MPK  LYON, John, 1st Engineman, NAP, MPK  NICHOLSON, Laidlow, Fireman, NAP, MPK     Thursday, 7 December 1939   Jersey, destroyer (right - NavyPhotos), torpedoed  ASHER, Maurice, Leading Writer, P/MX 53540, MPK  BLOWERS, George L, Gunner (T), MPK  CROWDER, George, Able Seaman, P/SSX 17917, MPK  DENTON, William L, Leading Stoker, P/KX 80288, MPK  MORRIS, John Le C, Lieutenant (E), MPK  REBINDAINE, John, Stoker 1c, P/K 60777, MPK  ROWLINSON, Walter, Stoker 1c, P/KX 79865, killed, buried ashore    SMITH, Sidney G, Able Seaman, P/JX 141592, killed, buried ashore    WHITE, Robert H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 79685, MPK  WHITFIELD, Thomas W, Leading Seaman, P/J 99200, killed, buried ashore     Friday, 8 December 1939   FAA, 803 Sqn, Ark Royal, fleet carrier, flying in Skua, air crash  BETHELL, Peter T, Act/Sub Lieutenant (A), killed   Fortitude, RN Base, Ardrossan, Scotland  DIXON, Edward, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170525, died     Saturday, 9 December 1939   Jeanie Deans, paddle minesweeper  MAYNE, James, Petty Officer, RNR, P/ 7077 C, died   Scawfell, paddle minesweeper  SIMMONS, Ernest H, Able Seaman, P/JX 164730, died   Woolwich, destroyer depot ship  RASMUSSEN, George H T, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 163105, died     Sunday, 10 December 1939   Eskimo, destroyer  JONES, Alexander M, Able Seaman, C/SSX 16903, drowned   Kutubtari (RIN), auxiliary patrol vessel  IMDAD, Mian A B, Ordinary Seaman, 71055 (RIN), died   Ray of Hope, minesweeping drifter, ship loss  BENSON, Harold, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170577, killed  COULL, Joseph, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 350 ET, MPK  HATHERALL, Frederick, Stoker, RNPS, LT/X 102595, MPK  KING, Arthur W, Assistant Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 164585, killed  MEADOWS, Richard W J, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 99965, MPK  SMITH, James S, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 99079, MPK  THOMPSON, James E, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170589, killed  WALKER, George A, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170556, killed  WILKIE, John H, Ordinary Signalman, P/ESD/X 1664, MPK   Salopian, armed merchant cruiser  MARSDEN, William J, Assistant Steward, T.124 1052776, MPK   Vanoc, destroyer  VAUGHAN, William B F, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 49872, died   Vesper, destroyer  ORCHARD, Frederick J, Seaman, RNR, C/ X 19559 A, drowned     Monday, 11 December 1939   Pembroke, RN Base, Chatham  HASKER, Noel L, Able Seaman, C/JX 134580, drowned   Selkirk, minesweeper  MITCHELL, Frank E, Lieutenant (E), illness     Tuesday, 12 December 1939   Duchess, destroyer, ship loss (Survivor list included)  ABBOTT, Thomas, Stoker, RFR, C/SS 123291, MPK  AH, Fong, Chinese Leading Steward, MPK  AH, Tat, Chinese Steward, MPK  ALLEN, John, Telegraphist, C/JX 143723, MPK  ANDERSON, Robert, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 21970, MPK  ANDREWS, Herbert, Leading Cook, P/MX 50088, MPK  BACON, Herbert, Able Seaman, C/JX 146238, MPK  BAINES, Arthur, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 131955, MPK  BANGAY, Eric, Able Seaman, C/JX 139486, MPK  BANNING, Frederick, Stoker 1c, C/KX 79438, MPK  BARBER, Robert, Petty Officer, C/J 55514, MPK  BARNES, Davidson, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15020, MPK  BARSTAD, Percy, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28181, MPK  BASHFORD, Frank, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 59918, MPK  BATEMAN, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/SSX 22466, MPK  BIGGIN, Cyril, Act/Leading Seaman, P/J 111132, MPK  BLOUNT, William, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 26455, MPK  BOND, Richard, Able Seaman, C/JX 127210, MPK  BRASS, Robert, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/MX 50780, MPK  BRIDGER, Cyril, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 83612, MPK  BROADWAY, Albert, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15153, MPK  BROCKMAN, Ernest, Stoker 1c, C/KX 90754, MPK  BROMHEAD, Ernest, Signalman, C/JX 137283, MPK  BROWN, George, Able Seaman, D/J 110606, MPK  BURGESS, Albert, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 138593, MPK  BURT, William, Leading Signalman, C/JX 133147, MPK  BURTON, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23114, MPK  CHALLIS, Lewis, Petty Officer, C/JX 129767, MPK  CHAPMAN, Albert, Electrical Artificer 1c, C/M 37050, MPK  CHEDZEY, Bernard, Leading Sick Berth Attendant, P/MX 41403, MPK  CHOI, Wey, Chinese Petty Officer Steward, MPK  CLARK, Denis, Leading Stoker, C/KX 83303, MPK  CLARK, Wiiliam, Able Seaman, C/JX 156449, MPK  CLEAVELY, John, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21709, MPK  CROOK, Reginald, Able Seaman, C/J 100457, MPK  CROUCHER, Edward, Able Seaman, C/JX 127407, MPK  DAWES, Alec, Petty Officer, C/J 115321, MPK  DEBOCK, Stephen, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28160, MPK  DIXON, Vernon, Petty Officer Cook, C/MX 45030, MPK  DOCWRA, John, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 139631, MPK  DONALDSON, Austin, Petty Officer, C/J 115082, MPK  DONOVAN, Patrick, Stoker 1c, C/KX 92792, MPK  DOWNS, Frederick, Able Seaman, C/JX 129253, MPK  EATON, Geoffrey, Able Seaman, C/SSX 18140, MPK  EDDLESTONE, Herbert, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 151943, MPK  EMMINS, William, Able Seaman, C/JX 134008, MPK  FLACK, Charles, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23005, MPK  FORREST, George, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28175, MPK  FORSDYKE, Douglas, Act/Leading Signalman, C/JX 136328, MPK  FOSTER, Leslie, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28154, MPK  GILHAM, Thomas, Stoker 1c, C/KX 93230, MPK  GINNS, Henry, Leading Seaman, C/J 68187, MPK  GLADING, Philip, Able Seaman, C/SSX 14648, MPK  GODFREY, Gordon, Ordnance Artificer 1c, C/MX 36714, MPK  GORDON, Hugh, Gunner (T), MPK  GULSON, Frank, Able Seaman, C/SSX 28189, MPK  HAIGH, David, Stoker 1c, C/KX 82128, MPK  HALSTEAD, John, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 79219, MPK  HAMER, James, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21978, MPK  HARRISON, Herbert, Stoker 1c, C/KX 91977, MPK  HARRISON, John, Stoker 1c, C/KX 93372, MPK  HARVEY, Geoffrey, Able Seaman, C/JX 147999, MPK  HAYWARD, Percy, Leading Stoker, C/KX 82538, MPK  HEBDON, Lionel, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 142997, MPK  HOPPER, Reginald, Able Seaman, C/J 114298, MPK  HOULT, Kenneth, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28189, MPK  INGALL, George, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15642, MPK  JOHNSON, Robert, Able Seaman, C/JX 150714, MPK  JONES, William, Able Seaman, RFR, C/J 95754, MPK  JOYCE, Herbert, Telegraphist, C/JX 134024, MPK  KENLEY, George, Able Seaman, C/SSX 16755, MPK  KINNINMONT, Robert, Act/Engine Room Artificer 4c, C/MX 60307, MPK  KRESCHMER, Cedric, Py/Midshipman, RNR, MPK  LECKEY, Joseph, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23785, MPK  LYNE, Charles, Signalman, C/J 142626, MPK  MACDERMOTT, Ronald, Able Seaman, C/SSX 16538, MPK  MANN, Albert, Leading Telegraphist, C/JX 128734, MPK  MCMEEKIN, Harold, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 27721, MPK  MCNAMARA, Edward, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 147884, MPK  ME, Sing, Chinese Cook (O) 2c, MPK  MILLS, Sidney, Act/Leading Seaman, C/JX 127890, MPK  MOORE, George, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86984, MPK  MORECRAFT, Albert, Able Seaman, C/J 108309, MPK  MOUNTER, John, Petty Officer, C/J 114250, MPK  MUNT, George, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 21195, MPK  MURRAY, George, Lieutenant, MPK  MURTON, Stanley, Able Seaman, C/KX 93378, MPK  OATES, Wilfred, Stoker 1c, C/KX 93378, MPK  PALMER, Alexander, Stoker 1c, C/KX 92558, MPK  PALMER, Ernest, Able Seaman, C/JX 143621, MPK  PETERS, Ralph, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 21239, MPK  PHILLIPS, Maurice, Act/Leading Stoker, C/KX 83074, MPK  PORT, Peter, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21785, MPK  PRATT, Bernard, Able Seaman, C/JX 126172, MPK  PRICE, Kenneth, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28302, MPK  PUPLETT, James, Stoker 1c, RFR, C/KX 99443, MPK  RALPH, Rowland, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 152860, MPK  READ, George, Act/Leading Seaman, C/J 109974, MPK  REED, William, Signalman, C/J 106779, MPK  RIX, Harry, Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c, C/M 24907, MPK  ROBERTS, William, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21018, MPK  ROBINSON, John, Able Seaman, C/SSX 20922, MPK  ROGERS, Clarence, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 60016, MPK  SAUNDERS, Frank, Able Seaman, C/J 94447, MPK  SCHOLFIELD, James, Lieutenant, MPK  SCOTT, Edward, Stoker 1c, C/KX 90756, MPK  SELBY, Frederick, Stoker 1c, C/KX 86313, MPK  SHAUGHNESSY, Michael, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 27723, MPK  SHIELDS, Neil, Stoker 1c, C/KX 94271, MPK  SMITH, William, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 64446, MPK  SPILLER, George, Leading Supply Assistant, C/MX 47607, MPK  STEVENSON, John, Able Seaman, C/JX 138318, MPK  SULLIVAN, Cornelius, Stoker 2c, D/KX 95996, MPK  SURRIDGE, Reginald, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 23477, MPK  SUTTON, George, Stoker 1c, C/KX 88509, MPK  TAYLOR, George, Able Seaman, C/JX 139440, MPK  TAYLOR, Victor, Stoker 1c, C/KX 85801, MPK  THORNTON, William, Able Seaman, P/JX 138757, MPK  TILDEN, Osmond, Lieutenant (E), MPK  TURNBULL, William, Able Seaman, C/SSX 148826, MPK  WALKER, Eric, Electrical Artificer 1c, C/MX 46718, MPK  WALSH, Florence, Able Seaman, C/SSX 13826, MPK  WARD, Fred, Chief Petty Officer, C/J 54923, MPK  WARD, Thomas, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21175, MPK  WARNER, Alfred, Able Seaman, C/SSX 18532, MPK  WARR, Edward, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 27173, MPK  WEBB, George, Stoker Petty Officer, C/KX 75153, MPK  WHITE, Robert, Lieutenant Commander, MPK  WILKIE, George, Leading Seaman, C/JX 125375, MPK  WILLIAMS, Frederick, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 27485, MPK  WILLIAMS, Sidney, Supply Petty Officer, C/M 37881, MPK  WILLIAMS, William, Stoker, C/KX 92667, MPK  WOOD, George, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/MX 50444, MPK  WOOD, Kenneth, Engine Room Artificer 3c, C/MX 53300, MPK  YOUNG, Hector, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21090, killed SURVIVORS  Adams, J, Able Seaman, C/SSX 16954  Anderson, R, Petty Officer, D/JX 172934, not on board  Coggar, D W, Chief Petty Officer, C/J 69276  Crowall, C, Able Seaman, C/JX 142768  Crowther, G, Stoker 1c, RFR B 18897  Dodds, J E, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 21525  Durling, A H, Leading Seaman, CJX 134607  Hale, K R, Able Seaman, C/JX 144448  Harris, G, Able Seaman, C/JX 138679  Jenkins, I E, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15479  Laerence, C H, Able Seaman, C/SSX 21227  Lowthorpe, J E, Able Seaman RFR B 25414  Mchardy, R, Leading Seaman, C/JX 127142  Merry, C R, Able Seaman, C/JX 127588  Moir, H, Leading Seaman, C/JX 131525  Passmore, G, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 28228, not on board  Pritchard, John Rowlands, Probationary Lieutenant, RNVR  Proctor, W R, Ordinary Seaman, C/SSX 27921  Ratcliffe, T, Able Seaman, C/JX 142482  Robertson, W, Able Seaman, C/SSX 19870  Smith, A, Able Seaman, C/SSX 15981  Swinhow, E, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 156254  Thurley, C, Telegraphist, C/JX 142461  Tootel, T, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 50792  Willy, J A, Chief Stoker, C/K 85333   FAA, 754 Sqn, Daedalus, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent, air crash  HERIOT-HILL, Richard H M, Lieutenant (A), killed  MCLAUGHLIN, Michael, Leading Airman, LX/21495, killed  MOORHEAD, Louis, Air Mechanic (E), JX 145121, killed     Wednesday, 13 December 1939   BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE   Achilles, light cruiser (RNZN) (top right -  Navy Photos)  GRANT, Ian, Ordinary Seaman, 1734 (NZD), killed  MILBURN, Neville, Ordinary Telegraphist, D/SSX 23288, killed  SHAW, Archibald, Able Seaman, 1030 (NZD), killed  STENNETT, Frank, Telegraphist, D/JX 148899, killed   Ajax, light cruiser (centre right - Navy Photos)  BASHFORD, Cyril, Corporal, CH/X 959, killed  BURRELLS, Albert, Marine, CH/X 1688, killed  CLEMENTS, James, Marine, CH/X 654, killed  FARLEY, William, Ordinary Seaman, C/JX 151605, killed  FOLLETT, Harry, Sergeant, CH/X 688, killed  FRANCOM, Ernest, Steward, C/LX 21835, killed  LAMBARD, William, Marine, CH/X 1663, killed   Exeter, heavy cruiser (lower right - NP/Paul SImpson and Ian Mort)  AINGE, Walter, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 52100, DOW  BACK, Frederick, Engine Room Artificer 4c, D/MX 54489, killed  BETHELL, Frank, Able Seaman, D/JX 151055, killed  BETHELL, Joseph, Able Seaman, D/SSX 22452, killed  BLANDFORD, Bert, Marine, PLY/X 711, killed  BOWES, Raymond, Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 150342, killed  BOWMAN-MANIFOLD, John, Lieutenant Commander, killed  BRIGHT, Daniel, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 78984, killed  BURRAS, Stanley, Stoker 1c, D/KX 92228, killed  CAMPBELL, Frederick, Stoker 1c, D/KX 88775, killed  CLARKSON, Richard, Able Seaman, D/JX 151372, killed  CROKER, Alfred, Marine, PLY/X 835, killed  DAVIES, Gilbert, Able Seaman, D/SSX 22679, killed  DOVE, Gilbert, Act/Petty Officer, D/JX 134624, killed  DYER, Frederick, Shipwright 3c, D/MX 47145, killed  FRENCH, Frederick, Able Seaman, D/SSX 20765, killed  GIBSON, Stanley, Able Seaman, D/JX 139907, killed  HARRINGTON, Stanley, Marine, PLY/ 22286, killed  HARRIS, Hugh, Petty Officer Telegraphist, D/J 51924, killed  HIGGINBOTTOM, Alan, Chief Yeoman of Signals, D/J 100565, killed  HILL, Ronald, Boy Bugler, PLY/X 2238, killed  HONEY, Leslie, Leading Signalman, D/JX 138212, killed  JONES, Albert, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 65933, killed  KAVANAGH, Michael, Telegraphist, D/SSX 16949, killed  KELLY, Albert, Stoker 1c, D/KX 82448, killed  LUMSDEN, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX 142445, killed  MACLEOD, William, Stoker 1c, D/KX 81482, killed  MANNING, George, Stoker 1c, D/K 59242, killed  MARSH, William, Corporal, PLY/X 1361, killed  MCDONNELL, Francis, Able Seaman, D/SSX 15579, killed  MCEVOY, James, Marine, PO/X 2091, killed  MILLS, Edward, Marine, PLY/X 1914, killed  MONKS, Christoper, Stoker 2c, D/KX 96243, killed  MORSE, Clyde, Act/Sub Lieutenant, MPK  NAYLOR, Thomas, Able Seaman, D/JX 138243, killed  O'LEARY, Patrick, Stoker 1c, D/KX 92212, killed  PARRY, David, Telegraphist, D/JX 141568, killed  PETT, Bryan, Stoker 1c, D/KX 92198, killed  PULLYBLANK, Leslie, Leading Supply Assistant, D/MX 50647, killed  RANDLE, Frank, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 37155, killed  REMICK, Tom, Chief Yeoman of Signals, D/J 45240, killed  RICHARDS, Brynmor, Able Seaman, D/JX 141181, killed  RICHARDS, Glyndwr, Leading Seaman, D/JX 127862, killed  RICKCORD, John, Midshipman, killed  RIGLAR, Arthur, Telegraphist, D/JX 144826, killed  SMALL, Richard, Blacksmith 3c, D/MX 51352, killed  SPENCER, Harry, Able Seaman, D/SSX 16592, DOW  SQUIRE, Ernest, Boy 1c, D/JX 158659, killed  STEELE, Robert, Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 60833, killed  STUBBS, Agean, Marine, PLY/X 1370, killed  TAYLOR, Robert, Telegraphist, D/JX 146419, killed  TEAGUE, Samuel, Chief Petty Officer Stoker Petty Officer, D/K 57454, killed  THOMPSON, James, Stoker 1c, D/KX 81575, killed  TOVEY, George, Stoker Petty Officer, D/KX 80186, killed  TREGIDGO, Albert, Chief Petty Officer, D/J 89888, killed  TYLER, Donald, Paymaster Sub Lieutenant, killed  WILSON, Patrick, Stoker 1c, D/KX 86441, killed  WOODS, Humphrey, Captain, RM, killed     Adventure, cruiser-minelayer, accident  WRIGHT, Leslie, Act/Warrant Stores Officer, died    Basilisk, destroyer  PERRING, George, Able Seaman, D/JX 144537, illness   Deptford, steamship, ship loss  HOLLIDAY, Walter, Marine, PO/212310 (President III, O/P), killed   Kent, heavy cruiser  BUCKTON, Reginald, Able Seaman, C/JX 96834, illness   Lynx, RN Base, Dover  MORRISON, Malcolm, Seaman, RNR, X/18267 A, drowned   Orontes, steamship  CUSTANCE, Wilfred, Rear Admiral, illness   Skiddaw, paddle minesweeper  LUCAS, Ernest, Seaman, RNR, D/JX 170329, drowned   William Hallett, auxiliary patrol trawler, ship loss  ADDISON, James, Deck Hand, RNR, NAP, MPK  COLE, Albert, 2nd Mate, RNR, 1104148, MPK  HANNANT, Charles, Skipper, RNR, MPK  HOLLAND, Norman, Fireman, RNR, NAP, MPK  LINDORES, Gavin, 3rd Hand, RNR, 26885, MPK  LINDORES, Robert, Deck Hand, RNR, 426613, MPK  THEODAVAKIS, Andrew, 2nd Engineman, RNR, NAP, MPK  YOUNG, John, Cook, RNR, NAP, MPK     Thursday, 14 December 1939   Drake, RN Base, Devonport  STEWART, John, Leading Stoker, RNPS, LT/X 31440, died   Edinburgh, light cruiser  SLIMON, James, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, train accident, died   Exeter, heavy  cruiser, Battle of the River Plate  HILL, Leonard, Able Seaman, D/J 44825, DOW  PHILLIPS, Alfred, Act/Leading Seaman, D/JX 142946, DOW   Glasgow, light cruiser  DAVEY, Allen, Petty Officer, P/JX 127182, accident, killed   James Ludford, Admiralty trawler, ship loss  ALLAM, George, Petty Officer, P/J 104781, MPK  BOURNER, Leonard, Signalman, P/J 109164, MPK  CARPENTER, Albert, Stoker, P/K 61240, MPK  CRICHTON, Alexander, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7989 C, MPK  GRAHAM, Malcolm, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7618 C, MPK  KAY, Charles, Stoker 1c, P/K 56987, MPK  LEWIS, Harry, Lieutenant Commander, MPK  MACARTHUR, Dugald, Chief Skipper, RNR, MPK  MAIN, Alexander, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 18718 A, MPK  MATHESON, Alexander, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 77650, MPK  MEREDITH, Matthew, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7313 C, MPK  MITCHELL, John, Leading Seaman, RNR, D/ 6092 D, MPK  PARFITT, Thomas, Chief Mechanician, P/K 26982, MPK  POCOCK, Stanley, Stoker 1c, P/SS 121559, MPK  STOWELL, William, Seaman, RNR, P/X 10322 B, MPK  TREAGUS, Arthur, Stoker Petty Officer, P/K 23304, MPK  WARWICK, Frederick, Leading Stoker, P/KX 77134, MPK   Royal Marine Barracks Eastney, Portsmouth  MAYES, John, Corporal, CH/ 23682, illness   Royal Marines, Chatham Division Barracks  COOTE, Clare, Marine, CH/13513, died     Friday, 15 December 1939   Exeter, heavy cruiser, Battle of the River Plate  GEORGE, Evan, Leading Stoker, D/K 65213, DOW   Titania, submarine depot ship, at Blyth  MOORE, Jean, Leading WRNS, 4662, died   Worcestershire, armed merchant cruiser  MOULTON, John, Steward, T.124, accident, died     Saturday, 16 December 1939   Evelina, auxiliary patrol trawler, ship loss  BAILEY, Richard, 2nd Engineman, NAP, MPK  BRUNTON, Robert, Fireman, NAP, MPK  COWLING, John, Skipper, RNR, MPK  CURTIS, Matthew, 2nd Hand, NAP, MPK  PEARSON, William, 3rd Hand, NAP, MPK  REED, George, Deckhand, NAP, MPK  ROBINSON, Robert, Cook, NAP, MPK  SUTHERLAND, David, 1st Engineman, NAP, MPK  TRIPP, Jack, Deckhand, NAP, MPK   Exeter, heavy cruiser, Battle of the River Plate  LEGG, Frank, Petty Officer Cook, D/MX 52427, DOW   FAA, 814 Sqn, Hermes, aircraft carrier, flying in Swordfish, air crash  COOMBS, Basil, Lieutenant, killed   Robert Hastie, auxiliary patrol trawler  YOUNG, James, Skipper, RNR, died, body recovered 6 June 1940   Sedgefly, anti-submarine trawler, ship loss  DYBALL, Edward, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 101 SB, MPK  ELLOTT, Charles, Able Seaman, C/J 106167, MPK  GREENING, Alfred, Seaman, D/J 170490, MPK  HARE, Albert, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 10505 S, MPK  HIGGINS, Joseph, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/223 W, MPK  INNES, John, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 7925 C, MPK  JENKINSON, George, 1st Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 98268, MPK  LADEFOGED, Thane, Ordinary Signalman, P/LD/X 3841, MPK  POOL, Charles, Seaman Steward, RNPS, LT/JX 163967, MPK  PRATT, Harry, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 163971, MPK  RILATT, Eric, Able Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 31313 A, MPK  SMITH, Alexander, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 99043, MPK  STOCKS, Royce, Chief Skipper, RNR, MPK  THAMES, Samuel, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170513, MPK  WILSON, George, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170491, MPK  WORRELL, William, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 170526, MPK     Sunday, 17 December 1939   Exeter, heavy cruiser, Battle of the River Plate  POWTON, Richard, Chief Petty Officer Cook, D/M 27983, DOW   Merlin, RNAS, Donbristle, Fife, Scotland  PARKER, Leonard, Act/Petty Officer, D/FX 80247, drowned   Plumer, minesweeping drifter  STUART, William, Engineman, RNPS, LT/KX 98762, drowned     Tuesday, 19 December 1939   Furious, aircraft carrier  STONE, George, Able Seaman, D/J 54768, illness   Oxfordshire, hospital ship  CATLEY, Oliver, Master At Arms, D/M 35821 (Albatros, O/P), natural causes, died     Wednesday, 20 December 1939   Scotstoun, armed merchant cruiser  BROWN, Edward, 6th Engineer, T.124, died     Thursday, 21 December 1939   Bagshot, minesweeper  GAGE, Arol, Lieutenant, died in air crash   Bayonet, boom defence vessel, ship loss  BARRON, William, Ty/Boom Engineer, RNR, killed  TOUGH, Charles, Stoker 1c, R/KX 98975, killed  WATSON, Andrew, Stoker Petty Officer, KX 99019, killed   Drake, RN Base, Devonport  VINCER, Harold, Warrant Stores Officer, illness   Harrow, minesweeper  HOCKING, Philip, Lieutenant, flying from China to UK, died in air crash   Skirmisher, RN Base, Milford Haven, Wales  STILL, James, Skipper, RNR, illness     Saturday, 23 December 1939   Exeter, heavy cruiser, Battle of the River Plate  COLLINGS, Anthony, Chief Shipwright 2c, D/M 143336, DOW   Royal Marines, Chatham Division  DAVIDSON, William, Marine, CH/X 919, killed in road accident     Sunday, 24 December 1939   Cairo, light cruiser  FAWCETT, Christopher, Leading Stoker, P/K 9651, drowned   Loch Doon, anti-submarine trawler  STORY, Edward, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 21069 A, MPK     Monday, 25 December 1939   Beaver, RN Base, Grimsby  REID, Robert, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 9921, drowned   Chandbali (RIN), auxiliary patrol trawler  GULAB, Khan Y, Sukhani, 71312 (RIN), died   Isis, destroyer  TAYLOR, Frederick, Able Seaman, D/J 105281, died   Jersey, destroyer  MOORE, Raymond, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 26534, died   Loch Doon, anti-submarine trawler, ship loss  ALTASS, Fred, Engineman, C/KX 98623, MPK  CRESSEY, Arthur, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 166253, MPK  HUNTER, James, Stoker, RNPS, LT/KX 99394, MPK  JOHNSON, Eric, Seaman, RNPS, LT/JX 166255, died  KAVENEY, James, Seaman, C/JX 166248, MPK  MERCER, John, Seaman, C/JX 166254, MPK  MILNE, James, Stoker, RNR (PS), LT/X 10107 S, (aka John Savage), MPK  SEYMOUR, William, Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/X 20237 A, MPK  SPICE, Leonard, Leading Seaman, RNR (PS), LT/ 5564 D, MPK  TEASDEL, Leonard, Seaman Cook, RNPS, LT/JX 165014, MPK  THOMPSON, George, Skipper, RNR, MPK  WADSWORTH, Frederick, Able Seaman, C/J 4420, MPK  WALKER, George, Ordinary Signalman, C/SSX 23535, MPK  WEST, Richard, Engineman, RNR (PS), LT/X 5940 ES, MPK  WINPENNY, Christopher, 2nd Hand, RNR (PS), LT/X 21910, MPK   Maidstone, submarine depot ship  LYNCH, James, Stoker 1c, P/KX 83102, died from fall   Victory, RN Base, Portsmouth  HOARE, George, Stoker Petty Officer, P/KX 86834, illness     Tuesday, 26 December 1939   Pyramus, RN Base, Kirkwell, Orkneys  MACLEOD, Evander, Seaman, RNR, D/X 21184 A, died     Thursday, 28 December 1939   Barbara Robertson, armed pattrol trawler, ship loss  CLARK, George E H H, Deck Hand, Fishing Fleet under T124 Articles, killed   Barham (right - CyberHeritage), torpedoed  LOCKLEY, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 26944, MPK  MCGUIRE, John, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 151063, MPK  TODD, George, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 28015, MPK  WATT, James, Ordinary Seaman, P/SSX 27408, MPK   Prestol, RFA oiler  WIGGETT, George, Able Seaman, P/J 4202, died   Pyramus, RN Base, Kirkwell, Orkneys  STANFORTH, George, Lieutenant, RNR, illness   Victory, RN Base, Portsmouth  BACON, Basil, Stoker 2c, P/KX 100199, died   Walpole, destroyer  GILROY, Henry, Able Seaman, RNVR, D/TD/X 1313, died     Friday, 29 December 1939   Boadicea, destroyer  LITTLETON, William, Petty Officer Stoker, C/KX 76502, died   Cheshire, armed merchant cruiser  DUNDAS, Charles, Ty/Commander (E), RNR, illness     Saturday, 31 December 1939   Osprey, RN Base, Portland  COLYER, John, Steward, D/L 2097, died   Royal Arthur, RN Training Establishment, Skegness, Lincs  STRANGE, James, Ordinary Seaman, JX 171240, illness

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